https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98158
Bug ID: 98158 Summary: Gcc generates warning about its own generated move assignment operator Product: gcc Version: 10.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: darklythinking at yahoo dot com Target Milestone: --- Version: $ gcc --version gcc (Gentoo 10.2.0-r3 p4) 10.2.0 System: The bug doesn't happen if no arch is specified but with -march=skylake or -march=znver2 the warning appears(and probably others but those are the 2 I tested) Code: #include <string> #include <cstdint> struct test { std::string a; std::uint8_t b[16]; std::uint8_t c[16]; }; test function(test blah) { blah = {}; return blah; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { return 0; } Output: $ g++ -O3 -march=skylake test.cpp In member function ‘test& test::operator=(test&&)’, inlined from ‘test function(test)’ at test.cpp:13:10: test.cpp:4:8: warning: writing 32 bytes into a region of size 16 [-Wstringop-overflow=] 4 | struct test | ^~~~ test.cpp: In function ‘test function(test)’: test.cpp:7:15: note: at offset 0 to object ‘test::b’ with size 16 declared here 7 | std::uint8_t b[16]; | ^ Note that the warning actually happens in a move assignment operator generated by gcc itself. The warning also appears if std::vector is used instead of the std::string but I wasn't able to replace it with a struct or static array of any size and reproduce the bug that way.